In hopes of bringing solar energy to the masses, the Citizens Utility Board and Environmental Defense Fund on Tuesday announced a proposal to allow Illinois neighborhoods to invest in solar projects together and share in the compensation credits that result from the energy savings.

In denying a request last month to stop the Chicago Cubs from putting up a right-field video board and outfield advertising signs, a federal judge cited a lack of evidence from the Wrigley rooftop businesses to back up claims the structures would hurt them financially.

Consumer complaints about debt again topped the list of concerns for Illinoisans last year. But identity theft, including rampant data breaches in recent years, was the No. 2 complaint and is garnering more attention, according to Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan.

A federal appellate court banned an Elk Grove contractor from reopening his firm or opening a new sewer and water company after failing to pay fines for exposing employees to dangerous excavation hazards, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration said Monday.

The Atlantic is reporting: Almost one in three American homes now has a pod-based coffee machine. Last year K-Cups accounted for most of Keurig Green Mountain’s $4.7 billion in revenue — more than five times what the company made five years prior. So even though he gets treated like...

Two of the nation’s largest airlines, United and Delta, have adopted major changes to their loyalty reward programs that experts say will benefit the airlines at the expense of passengers. But most reward program members are unaware of the changes, a survey found.

New American homes were bigger than ever last year, according to data from the U.S. Census Bureau. After a few years of shrinkage in the aftermath of the Great Recession, the median square footage of newly built homes last year tipped the scales at over 2,400 square feet. That's nearly 1,000...

Supreme Court arguments in the latest challenge to the Affordable Care Act are still days away, but already, a sense of impending crisis has hit state officials and patient advocates in many parts of the country.

Leonard Nimoy, who died Friday at the age of 83, will forever be associated with his iconic role as Mr. Spock, the mind-melding, nerve-pinching and eminently logical Vulcan science officer on the 1960s TV show "Star Trek."